Fenway Park has been the home of Boston Red Sox baseball team for more than a century now, however, the Red Sox team itself predates the Fenway Park by 11 years and originally played at the Huntington Avenue Grounds. In 1911, club owner at the time, John I. Taylor, however, decided to find a new home for the team. With the financial help of his father, General Charles H. Taylor, Taylor bought 365,000 square feet of land between Ipswich Street and Lansdowne Street at a public auction. On September 25th 1911, the construction of the Fenway Park started, and the first exhibition game was played there as early as on April 9th, 1912 followed by the first official game eleven days later.
After the 1933 season, the Rod Sox team along with Fenway Park was acquired by Tom Yawkey, and a large reconstruction of the ballpark ensued. Major changes included a new, 37-foot high wall, which replaced the fence that had stood in the left field since the park's opening, purportedly, so that people couldn't watch the game without paying admission. According to some sources, Yawkey during his tenure as the owner of the Red Sox, trying to build a winning team, eventually lost up to $10 million so he probably can be forgiven this minor act of avarice. In 1947, light towers were erected in the Park, allowing for night games for the first time. Finally, in 1982 - 1983, and 1989, the ballpark underwent major renovations of the roof and upper levels.
In the 2000s, further changes were introduced under the ownership of John Henry, Tom Werner and Larry Lucchino, mostly aimed at increasing the ballpark's capacity. These concluded in 2011 in order to preserve and protect the ballpark for future generations.
With the capacity of around 38,000 people, Fenway Park remains the second smallest Major Baseball League ballpark.
And now on to the cache itself: At the published coordinates, you will find an old elm tree with a plaque informing you that it has stood in this place for over 1A0 years. It seems the plaque has been removed - before I find a new clue, please note that A = 0
Continue to the second waypoint where you will find three statues. Start with the one depicting "the greatest hitter who ever lived" and see how may home-runs he amassed during his career - this will be BCD. Now move on to the next statue and make a note of the number that this famous player with a three-letter nickname had. This will be E. Finally, go to the statue called Teammates and take a note of how many players are depicted (F) and the number that the first player listed on the plaque had - this will be G. To check your workings, if you add together all the numbers you collected (A to G), you should get 29.
The final can be found at N42 CA.EFE W71 AB.EG(C+D). Please make sure you replace the container as per the hint.
As always with urban caching, please use stealth, avoid acting suspiciously whilst searching, and if challenged, explain about geocaching.
